Med College’s sweet gesture of gifting saplings to new mothers

 

 

Doctors at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College Hospital, have adopted a unique way to display their compassion and love for Mother Nature and celebrating emotional moments after safe deliveries which are being taken place in the department. The Department has initiated a month-long drive where every woman who delivers at the department, is gifted with an Amla sapling, while being shifted out from labour room. The doctors appealed them to plant the sapling at their home after discharge and nurture both the baby and the sapling together. Eventually, they contribute to saving mother earth. HoD, Dr. Kavita N Singh appealed all the resident doctors to present an Amla sapling while shifting the mother and baby out to ward.

 

They have already arranged 75 Amla saplings and handed over it to the discharging mothers after counsel them and their family members for postnatal care and importance of plants and trees for human survival on the planet. Later on, the new mothers are presented with Amla saplings as ‘Good-bye gift’ by the departmental doctors. While talking with The Hitavada, HoD, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Dr. Kavita N Singh said that “As Amla is the symbol of immunity, medicinal value and progeny sacred plant, we picked it up to present it among the discharging mothers. So that along with their newly-born, these mothers can also take better care of these saplings to display their compassion towards Mother Nature.” Dr. Singh further added that along with nourishing hair, Amla fulfills our need for Vitamin C. In Hindu mythology, not only Amla fruits, its plants are considered equally sacred and is being worshipped during particular festivals.